Chemo #4--lowered carbo dose

This is an excerpt from my communications with my chemo buddies. It gives an idea where they are at.

Hi Ladies,
I'm being infused with carboplatin as I type. The dose was lowered this time around. It was more than 800 mg before, but now I'm getting 711 mg. Liver enzymes still OK. I'll get my Neulasta tomorrow. (The main concern is to keep my chemo on schedule much more so than the amount I get so hopefully the next few times I'll have my chemo on time.)

Isa--I guess your suspicions were correct. I hope the antibiotics work quickly! Good luck downing the mega pills! (She got strep from her son!)
Kat-- Are you paying for the neulasta mostly out-of-pocket? I hope not! I think I was quoted that it's a $3,400 shot!Glad to hear that your body body is now accepting the morphine. Looks like the autohypnosis worked. :P Were you suppose to have the exchange on Fri in the middle of chemo? I wasn't sure.About the pic, Bob looked like she passed out while reading a book. It could have been something boring, like on dogs. :D (Bob's her cat)
Karen--what's phlebitis? It is funny that the docs want our platelets to do different things. (Karen is pregnant, and her docs want her to not to clot, whereas mine are worrying I won't clot.)
Heather--It's good that you have your plan laid out. You know that you've made the best decisions that you could. Good luck on your taxotere. Are you taking oral steroids today? (Heather recently found out that she is BRCA2 positive. She will be having an oophrectomy, removal of her ovaries, so that the estrogen produced from them will not feed her breast cancer.)
Kyung